February 6, 2013
Happy New Year to all my beautiful foodie peeps… it has been a while between meals hasn’t it? I find the silly season always takes it out of me somewhat and even though I try to act like some sort of superwoman and do 101 things leading up to the Christmas and the New Year ...
May 23, 2012
Please forgive me but I am yet again going to bring you a recipe by Jamie Oliver. Yes, it is no surprise that I love this man.. why? Well it’s a combination of his cooking talent, his cheeky disposition and the fact that underneath his cheeky face is a great business man who knows what ...
April 15, 2012
BUONA PASQUA Happy Easter to all, I do hope you had a special time with your loved ones. For me Easter is a time of traditions, both old and new. It is a time to reflect on all I have been blessed with and to remind myself of my beliefs.. be it my values, religion, ...
December 8, 2011
I have said this before many a times, I love chicken. Some of my favourite ways to eat it I have shared with you in previous posts, Roast Chicken and Simple roast chicken pieces with veggies. I have been eating chicken in these ways forever, so when I decide to try something different I always ...
May 24, 2011
It will not be a surprise to my regular blog readers or macaron lovers why I chose this dish for this month’s 365 challenge. I love Macarons and have been trying to perfect them for quite some time. Actually last year when I chose this recipe I was not even confident I could pull it ...
April 15, 2011
This is the first time I have started writing a post before actually tasting the dish that’s in the oven cooking. Why have I done this? Well because I have 7, yes SEVEN hours to wait for it to cook! I have cooked many roasts in my cooking time, I LOVE roasts and I have ...
March 3, 2011
There is not one day that goes past that I don’t feel guilty that I have not updated you on all the cooking I have been up to. There is usually too much to write about and too little time to do it in. I have a 2 year old and balancing my life, her ...
March 3, 2011
This is a great way to use up left over red wine or stock. Is it possible to have left over red wine???? haha Ingredients 2 Tbsp olive oil 4 French shallots, finley chopped 1 onion, finley chopped 1 tsp white and black peppercorns, crushed 1 field mushroom, sliced 2 garlic cloves, finley chopped 500 ...
February 3, 2011
When I was choosing recipes I wanted to cook as part of the Murdoch books 356 challenge I wanted to make sure I included some that contained ingredients I had not used before. Say hello to Mr Witlof. What is a witlof? Here is some Witlof trivia for you but please pay attention a pop quiz ...
December 18, 2010
O Truffle, Truffle, wherefore art thou Truffle? Deny thy father and refuse thy name Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be the Foodie Goddess. Oh I tried, how I did try to find you truffle. Not only are you illusive and aloof but you are as expensive ...